Five blind men are telling,
Telling about an elephant
How the elephant is like.
One blind man said holding
Its trunk, 'it is like a serpent'
The second one holding its tail
Said, ' no, no, you are mistaken,
The elephant is like a rope'.
Touching the belly of the elephant
The third blind man said, ' You both
Are wrong, my dear, the elephant is
Just like a wall '. Fourth one
Who was touching the leg said, ' ho,
See, the elephant is a pillar, you
All are mistaken. The last but
Not the least blind man, 'cheered
And said, ' lo, my dear, elephant,
Here it is, I am sneezing, like winnowing
Fan' and this man has caught the elephant's ears.
Let me say my dear, we are all blind here
In the world of God and we are wandering
Telling our own words without caring
The truth that is eternal, The God and the world
Is something different from our own versions and conceptions.
gajanan mishra
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